Welcome back to Ctrl Alt Delete. This is part one of a replay from 2021 with Mel Robbins, one of the world’s most booked motivational speakers and international bestselling author whose work includes the global phenomenon ‘The 5 Second Rule’. In this episode, we discuss her book ‘The High 5 Habit’, a simple yet profound tool that changes your attitude and combat self doubt. This is part one. Hope you enjoy. My Substack page, come and say hi: https://thehyphen.substack.com/ My books: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannon Books mentioned on Ctrl Alt Delete podcast: https://uk.booksh ..read more

Hello and welcome to Ctrl Alt Delete. This is a replay of a conversation with Bruce Daisley in 2018, recorded in a meeting room at Twitter’s head offices in London. Bruce is one the most respected thought leaders on the subject of workplace culture and the future of work and at the time of recording he had just written his first book 'The Joy Of Work: 30 Ways to Fix Your Work Culture and Fall in Love with Your Job Again'. Hope you enjoy. My Substack page, come and say hi: https://thehyphen.substack.com/ My books: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannon Books mentioned on Ctrl Alt De ..read more

Hello and welcome to Ctrl Alt Delete. This is a replay from last year with Francesca Specter, author of Alonement: How to be alone and absolutely own it, and the creator of the Alonement podcast. Francesca coined the term Alonement, which is different from being lonely - we talk about learning to enjoy your own company, tips and tools, and how we can speak about solitude in a more nuanced way. Hope you enjoy this conversation. My Substack page, come and say hi: https://thehyphen.substack.com/ My books: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannon Books mentioned on Ctrl Alt Delete podcas ..read more

This replay is Emily Weiss, founder of Glossier, who, after build a community on her blog Into The Gloss, saw an opportunity to create a new beauty experience that celebrates and speaks to the customer directly. Founded in 2014, Glossier is a digital-first beauty company with a mission to give voice through beauty and since launching, Glossier has introduced 36 products, opened two permanent stores (NY and LA), raised $186 million in funding, and has welcomed 3 million customers the Glossier community. And that was back in 2019 when we recorded this episode so I’m not sure on those stats now b ..read more

Hello and welcome to Ctrl Alt Delete. This is a replay of a conversation with writer and interviewer Madeleine Dore, recorded in April 2022. We discuss her book ‘I Didn’t Do The Thing Today’; a gentle, wise, and insightful look at letting go of productivity guilt, and the relationship between our output with inner self worth. Hope you enjoy. My Substack page, come and say hi: https://thehyphen.substack.com/ My books: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannon Books mentioned on Ctrl Alt Delete podcast: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/books-mentioned-on-ctrl-alt-delete-podcast Twitter: Tw ..read more

Welcome back to The Success Myth Diaries. Today's guest is Tim Clare, performance poet, author of two fantasy novels and nonfiction books including WE CAN'T ALL BE ASTRONAUTS, which won Best Biography/Memoir at the East Anglian Book Awards. His latest book COWARD a brilliant book about why we get anxious and what we can do about it (one of my favourite books on anxiety). His podcast Death Of 1000 Cuts, a podcast for readers, writers, and anyone who fancies being a little bit happier while they do those things. In this episode we discuss his three success myths around anxiety, achievement and t ..read more

Welcome back to The Success Myth Diaries! My guest today is the wonderful Fiona Arrigo who is beloved for her ever-evolving wisdom and heart-based living for the changing times: a visionary in her field, she works globally as a Biodynamic Psychotherapist, Intuitive Healer, Mentor and Life Teacher. She runs The Arrigo Programme which is a profound healing system, developed in conjunction with Fiona’s expert team of practitioners, which you can find out more about here: https://thearrigoprogramme.com. It was so wonderful talking to Fiona about her success myths, about how the world is going thro ..read more

Welcome back to The Success Myth Diaries! Today’s guest is Jeff Hamaoui, a seasoned teacher, master facilitator and Chief Innovation and Education Officer for Modern Elder Academy. The Modern Elder Academy is a program for people going through midlife transitions - they are on a mission to reframe midlife from a crisis to a calling. Their purpose is to help you find a renewed sense of purpose and I really love what they do - and how they talk about ageing, success and purpose. I hope you enjoy hearing Jeff’s myths of success - such an interesting episode all about transitions and making t ..read more

To accompany the launch of my new book, I have interviewed some of my favourite thinkers on the topic of success, failure and creativity — and the most common success myths. Today’s guest is British actor Sian Clifford, probably best known for playing Claire in Fleabag (the toilet scene! The hair scene! The “the only person I'd run through an airport for is you” line! *chefs kiss*) I have re-watched both seasons of Fleabag so many times and it is Sian who I am totally mesmerised by the most each time. She is also a treasured friend of mine (we’ve seen each other through a l ..read more

Hello and welcome to Ctrl Alt Delete. This is a replay from from 2021 with entrepreneur, author and presenter, Poppy Jamie, a leading voice in the mental wellbeing and mindfulness space. In this episode we discuss flexible thinking, launching the first talk show on Snapchat ‘Pillow Talk with Poppy’ and her first book Happy Not Perfect. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Poppy. My Substack page, come and say hi: https://thehyphen.substack.com/ My books: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannon Books mentioned on Ctrl Alt Delete podcast: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/books-mention ..read more